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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-04-07
WHAT NEWSPAPERS CAN DO.

A correspondent of the Atchison
Champion has the following regarding
the Wichita Eagle. 1t proved that a
newspaper can do much for town when
it is backed by the business men and
only when it is sustained. We do not
mean by this that paper should be
patronized when it is undeserving but
If it is deserving and it is doing all in
its power for the good of the commun-
ity it should be held up. Though bus
mess men of Wichita have done much
for the Eagle and it is to-day rich paper,
they can never really repay in dollars
and cents the benefits it has wrought:
The Wichita boom was started by
Col. NJ. NJ. Murdoch and his paper, the
Eagle. He worked the Associated
Press, filled the papers Of the country
every morning with something about
Wichita. Tn. attention of the world
was attracted to Wichita, and when
the people came to look at the place
they read more about the boom in the
Eagle. The business men caught on
and crowded the Eagle with advertise
ments, paying liberal pnces, directing
Col. Murdoch to leave them out as
often as he liked and I'll the space with
booms about Wichita, not forgetting to
send the bills around regularly without
regard to omissions. Thus encouraged
the Eagle was able to laugh at foreign
advertisers who wanted stop of column
next to reading matter" or ''locals
among reading matter" and in booming
Wichita the Eagle doomed making
the proprietor rich. The Eagle now oc.
curies a three-story marble front Office
Of its own. The editors sanctum is in
the third story, and is fitted up with
Wilton carpet, velvet chairs, rich cur
tains, pictures, elegant chandeliers, fres-
Going, etc., etc., by grateful citizens
who appreciated what the paper had
done for the town. A suggestive item
of the Offices adornment is a stuffed
bald eagle perchcd IN the canopy of the
bay window, spreading his protecting
wings over the enthusiastic friend Of
Wichita ~ he writes associated press
puffs of the latest blacksmith shop or
real-estate deal. Of course the boom
once started was taken up by the peo-
pie who filled themselves up with pluck
and wind aud went to work to help the
Eagle and its editor. What Murdoch
could not think of: the people suggested,
and thus the boom gathers force.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-04-07
Here is what the Chicago Journ

Here is what the Chicago Journal
says Of rs: Kansas is the garden Of
the world, redolent with the fragrance
of orchard and vintage, teeming with
the homes Of thrifty people, pulsing
with vim and vlgor Of progress, and
mellow with the bloom of an almost per-
ennial harvest Last year Kansas sent
to the east from her overlooking store
house golden stream Of grain, filed
hundreds Of their empty trains with the
choicest of her herds and focks, and,
standing on the threshold Of this year,
bounty, she sends greetings and well
come to half a million Of their sons who
would try their fortune on her unbrok-
en- prairies. What Kansas will be Fifty
years hence Is beyond comprehension Of
people NON living.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-04-07

Cd eye, but . microscope viii show
them plainly, even though the clay be
20 6ne that it feels like -four, when rol.
led between the fingers. The finer the
soil, the smaller the openings, that is,
the capillary tubes or spaces; but they
are always there, if the material is moi
melted into mass. The practical point
is, the frmer the soil, the smaller will
be the openings through it, and, as ex-
planned above, the higher will water
rise through them.
10 APPLY THIs.-f in any soil there
is layer, however thin, Of gravel OF
coarse sand, or Of any sand in grains,
at that point there will be a series of
larger capillary openings through which
water will not readily rise up from below.
Falling rams nay penetrate downwards,
but there is not = good set Of very
small capillary tubes to bring the water
up to the plants again.
AN ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE,.
The writer visited an Eastern farm
somewhat sandy. which, with manuring
was quite fertile ordinarily, but failed
in dry seasons. On digging into it, a
gravel bed from half an inch thick to
two inches or more in thickness. was
found from eight to twelve inches below
the surface. The large capillary spaces in
this did not bring up water enough in time
Of drouth. At our suggestion, a pillow
was run 50 deeply as to break up this
bed of gravel and coarse sand, and mix
it with an abundance of the very fine
sand above and below. The result was,
a connection of infinitely fine capillary
spaces was established, moisture came
up freely enough for all wants of plants
in midsummer, and there was no more
dying out.
BREAKING PRAIRIEs
often acts similarly. When the rain is
thus enabled to penetrate them, il
washes into the under soil = mass Of
impalpabIe earthly material that fills ur
the larger openings, in the layers Of
coarser soil, and thus is established a
system of capillary openings, spaces
80 small that ground before dry is in
part supplied from the reservoir Of
moisture far down below the surface.
This water coming up, and evaporing,
adds to the amount in the atmosphere
and thus increases the moisture and
the rainfall also, as explained.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-04-07
THE VALUE OF TREES.
What Supt Graham in Indus
frialiSt SAYS.

tF1ollSC CoyS.
Americas, unlike the English, arc
often subject to reproaches for their
apparently slight attachments for the
ancestral homestead, and their willing
ness to sell, to an entire stranger, the
land that has been developed from its
natural state by the parents, and which
has bes n the scene Of their own progress
from childhood to manhood. This is
frequently cited a. an evidence of the
proverbially uneasy desire for change
and instability Of character, which are
said to be prominent features in the
general make up of the average Amer
lean. All this may be true; yet it
seems plain that if the Englishman
could see an American homestead in
the rural districts, with its house set
back but little way from the front
fence of barb-wire, and surrounded by
miles of ten-foot corn stalks, beyond
which it is impossible to see except in
an upward direction; without a tree in
sight from the roof except the young
orchard, and that and the door yard full
of hogs; with half-rotten straw stacks,
manure heaps, straw and pole cattle
sheds and old cultivators occupying tho
most prominent positions when viewed
from the road: with its alleged flower
garden in front Of the house in which
the sun-aower "money-weed'' "jimson"
hold high carnival; with its division
fence and half the struck patch" COM
pletely hidden by wild wrack Of black
berry bushes, through which the vigor-
orous "pig-weed'' pokes its heavy
plumes; with the barn door hanging by
one hinge, and the front gate but mem
ory,-he would greatly praise the evi-
dences eff prosperity about, and want
to sell out, to.
Now, nay not the chief element in
this spirit of unrest manifested by the
younger generation Of farmers be found
in the unsatisfactory surroundings in
which they find themselves? And may
not this be obviated by the judicioua
planting Of trees? Next to our families,
/ hold trees a. Gods pleasantest gift to
man. It costs next to nothing to grow
them, and it is great deal easier to cut
the surplus than to grow others.
Every one recognizes the money value
of trees on place, and they are certain
ly within the reach of all. Walnut, hick.
orynuts, box-elder and naples may be
planted with the heel; young cotton.
woods, ash and elms may be had for the
taking. 1.-THE woods are full of them
Red cedars are natives here, and make
the best possible wind break; the red
bud is ornamental and plentiful, and an
occasional Usage orange tree allowed to
grow to full size in = hedge row adds
a picturesque feature. Plant trees:
plant them in platoons; protect the
buildings and orchard from wind storms
by trees; have a massive wall of green
foliage to "set off, the house by plant
ting trees behind it; plant trees every
where-don't shut out the sunlight,
but plant.
Ifever the climate Of Kansas changes
for the better, it will be largely due to
trees.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-04-07

the opening, anu SET CneSe IN OlSn OF
fluid colored so as to be better observed,
We will see the liquid rise in the small.
est tube for long distance. In the
next larger tube it will not rise so high,
the hight Of the liquid decreasing as
the opening increases in size, until in
the larger one it will barely rise little
around the edges. The form of the
tubes or openings make no difference.
They may be round, or fat, or square,
and be bent or crinkled q hundred or
thousand times in every inch; the liquid
will rise the same as if they were
straight. The water or other liquid
will rise between two plates close to
each other. Place together two pieces
Of window glass Of any size, and set
the lower edges in = plate containing
water with ink or other coloring. Sep
aratc the plates q little on one side,
keeping the other two edges close TO-
gether and up right. You will see that
just inside of where the plates lie again
st each other, the colored water will
rise to the top of the plates. At
little distance, the plates being wider
apart, the liquid will not rise 90 high.
And 50 on, the wider apart the plates,
the less the hight that the liquid will
ascend between them.
CAPILLARY SOIL TUBES.
Take a cup of coarse sand and push
the end of hair down into it This will
bend back and forth through the open
spaces around the particles, until it
reaches the bottom. The crooked open
ings which it follows Is sorts Of can
Hilary tabc, or narrow space. All soils,
however fne, haye these opeaiags. In
saay tAey 80 ~ viib3s . ~ uaailr
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-04-07

An Illinois Mans OpiniOn-He
Came, He Saw, Was Con-
WINGED and Published His
Conviction for the In
formation Of His
Friends and
Neigh
bOrs.

| A gentleman from Gallatin county,
Illinois, recently visited friends in
Belle Plaine, the third town in popula-
ton aud importance in Sumner county.
After his return home he wrote let
ter which was published IN the Shaw
neetown, ILL.,, News, from which we
extract as follows;
Before leaving old Gallatin, was re-
quested by several of my friends to
give my impressions Of Kansas, through
the column of the News, Kansas is a
grand country, and l can conceive of
no more beautiful country on earth.
Imagine yourself out on the limitless
prairie; let the eye gaze in what direc-
ton you will, not tree, shrub nor bush
to be seen. Farm houses, windmills,
vast corn and wheat fields dot the prai-
ries as far as the vision can reach, the
blue sky above reaching seemingly
down to the earth, fencing in the scene.
Picture this in your mind and you have
= view of Kansas.
What strikes the traveller through
Kansas most favorably is the fresh and
beautiful look Of its people. No need
to ask a. to health here. All around
you, at way stations, on railroads, At
every town you meet walking advertise
ments that answer the question as to
health.
There is no government land in this
county. Land is good and rents arc
cheap. A man with small capital can
make money in this county. l men
ton these facts for the information of
those who contemplate coming to Kan
sas. Those who wish to enter land
must 60 to the western borders of
Kansas, and must 60 soon. Hundreds
Of emigrants are daily coming to Kan
sas. Every train is loaded, and the
last foot Of land will soon be taken.
Railroads are building all over the
country, and the coming summer prom.
Uses to be one of unusual prosperity
for this state. School and church
facilities are as good as anywhere in
Illinois. Society is good in city or
country. No more intelligent or cult
waited people can be found anywhere.
DO I like Kansas2 Yes, and my
reasons are these: Her soil is high and
dry, pure atmosphere, her winds
sweeping down from the mountains of
Colorado. No swamps-no fogs-no
miasmas-no soreness-no aches and
pains in the bones on getting up in the
morning-no sluggishness in going to
workshop is luxury-an appetite
like threshlng machine-the blood
goes bounding through the viens at
forty miles an hour-and this is why l
like Kansas.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-04-07

lOWcr SrOunu. NOW mOSt OI the WluUS
in the regions named above, blow from
west to east. In passing over the
Rockies and Sierras, they are SO cooled
that they give up good deal Of their
concealed water, and have little to spare
until they arc replenishcd. These cool
mountain tops thus steal the moisture
naturally belonging to the soil. So there
must always be an arid belt along the
lecward side Of any mountain ranges
of much extent, its width depending
upon their height, and several eircum-
stances VIC have not space to detail
here. As it is impossible to raze these
great mountain tops. the only help is to
catch the water of the mountain rains
and melting SHOWS, and carry it IN ar
ti6cial irrigating canals, and deposit it
upon the soil from which it was stolen.
THAT Tooth MERIDIAN LINE.
which we have heard so much of, as the
dividing mark between the arid and
cultivable territory, is an absurdity, in
one respect That runs due north and
south; while the mountain ranges, which
mainly affects humidity, run toward the
north west They also vary SO much
in hight, and in width of top, ETC., that
the arid belt on the easterly side is Of
very variable width, and has no definite
eastern border line.
RAIN ON VIRGIN PLAINS.
The unbroken prairies and plains, where
not entirely sterile, as on the limited
''bad lands" that we're probably scorched
through by the burning ont of under.
laying coal deposits, ars covered viii
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-04-07
ABOUT BOOKS.

There are booms and booms-some
beneGeent and healthful, others reverse.
Some resemble fever and are about as
deadly in tho end; others are like the
strong, hearty palse Of renewed health
and life. We hear of booms striking
many western towns and cities, We
always await the results before extend
ing our congratulations. A boom that
initiates prices Of real estate and raises
rents beyond what the business of the
place viii justify and sustain is .
calamity to any place that it strikes.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-19

continue to heas after-ciaps, ant
we're, OF the Roslinihle accident In
one ease young girs who had lately
obtained situation i'm Boston shop
was prevented from taking the III
fated train by her mothers delay In
getting her lunch ready. When she
had gone short distance toward the
station she saw the cars moving off,
and she came back In tears. fearing
that by losing the train she, would
lose her place. In the very next house
lives man who Is the fortunate
owner, an IL happened Of a vicious
COW. On the morning of the accident
he reached the station just too late
for the doomed train, having been de-
layed by the cows bad conduct while
in process of milking. He was so
enraged that he took the trouble to
go back to his house and beat the
dumb animal, piece Of wrong headed
cruelty for which. l trust, he has shed
tears of repentance. One hesitates TO
believe that such escapes are mere
matters of chance, and that even
man who would beat his cow "after
the event" was saved by accident
Boston Post.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-19

There was an amusing incident at
the union meeting Of the Presbyterian
churches last evening. Charles g..
Brundige prefaced his remarks by say
ing that through association one learns
To initiate what others do, and though
he had been sitting in the pulpit but
an hour with clergymen he was in
cllned to follow their example and
preach an old sermon. Then the Rev.
DIR. Green, when it came his turn TO
speak, got up and gave the whole
clerical game away by saying that Mr..
Brundige had missed one point--he
should learn to preach an old sermon
and say nothing about its antiquity,
simply changing the text and trusting
10 the forgetfulness of the congrega-
ton not TO recognize it.--Bu6aio
Courier.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-19

The most vigorous constitution and the strongest
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OF which imprcgnatc the air we breathe and the
water we drink. The true preparative the surest
defence, Is 20 fortify the system with medicine
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remedy. Hostettrr's stomach Bitters Is precisely
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Not only on this continent wherever miasma gives
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where fever aud agne assumes its most malignant
types, this Incompatible popular and deserving
medicine has, Zoe over a third 81 century. shown
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used II tones the stomach, aroures the liver when
sluggish. and promotes hcalthful activity Of the
Kidneys aud bladder.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-19

Beauty is the highest trump ever
held In the hand of woman. OF
course, alone il can not always expect
10 win; admirable qualities hold and
will hold their own against IL; but
other things being equal, pretty face
has long start in the race. IL wins
nine chances out Of every ten for
success in any undertaking, from the
conclusion OF good match" down
ward Il beg your highness' pardon,
from the conclusion of good match
upward. Wisconsin,.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-19
LADIES CROCHET HOOD.

Make foundation chain of 1872
stitches. crochet Afghan or any pretty
crochet stitch. narrow every fourth
row. This is done by crocheting two
stitches together at the beginning of n
row and drawing the thread through two
stitches instead Of one at the beginning
of a return row. Narrow till YOU have
but five stitches on needle; draw thread
through these and fasten of.
Border-The border is made sepa-
rately and scwed TO hood. Crochet n
foundation long enough to go all
round hood; make first. second and
third rows of double crochet Quitting
needle through both top stitches).
Fourth row-Sevcn double crochet
with white; now fasten on blue or
pink, and crochet seven picots; these
are composed of five chain. one single
crochet. the single to be put into the
first of chain: this will make line OF
picots. On the edge of these picots.
crochet double all round; now joint
this line together, making a round
rosettc. Let the loop on noodle drop,
insert the needle through on the under
side. Continue right on now with
double crochet for seven stitches. then
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-19
TO rArEN STOCK.

Complete quietude Is also n matter
of the first importance, rs il Is well
known that an animal in confinement
will fatten much faster than one whose
liberty Is not so restricted as to pre-
vent him from taking too much phys
ical exercise. Muscular exertion i'm
creases respiration and accelera.es the
flow of blood, which, rs II passes
through your lungs, becomes charged
with atmospheric oxygen, and which
latter introduced more freely burns out
the fat. Hence 1t is that in conline-
ment as soon rs hog begins TO fat
ten the less inclined he Is for physical
exercise. and consequently accumulates
fat the faster. In other words. the
faster he grows the more sluggish he
becomes and the more rapidly he takes
oil. fat.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-19

On the appearance OF the frat symp-
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pallor, chilly sensations, followed by night
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scrofulous disease of the lungs; therefore
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send 10 cents IN stamps. Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, 653 Main
Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Dom Pedro, the Emperor Of Brazil, has
eafIad for Eurnna
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-19
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


sleep little baby. sleep
Not la thy cradloL bed, = "a
Not on thy mothers breast. H H
Henceforth shall bc thy rest.
Bat with the quiet dead
Yes. with The quiet dead.
Baby thy rest shall be-
OH many weary wight
Weary Of life and light,
Would fain lie down with thee.
Thou little tender nursing.
Flee 10 thy grassy rest
There the first flowers shall blow.
The fret pure neaks 81 snow.
Shall fall upon thy breast
Peace peace the little bosom
Now labors with short breath.
Peace peace that trrmulous sigh,
speaks his departure nigh
These are the dsmps OF death.
Minis. SourHEx.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-19
yonthfui Indulgence

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Ruifalo, N. Y.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-19

make another roetfe, and 80 on tho
whole length Of border.
Fifth. sixth, seventh and eighth rows
Double crochet Of tbs white
wool.
Ninth row-Fasten on colored and
crochet scallop OF one double, two
treble, two double-trcble, ono double
one single crochet. Sew TO hood.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-19

s'Drlght fairy OF the morn, with flowers srrayed,
Whose beauties TO thy young pursuer seem
Beyond the ecrtacy OF poets dream
SHALL o'ertake thee, ore thy lustre fadeg
"iiipc glory OF the noon, 10 dazzled eyes
A pageant OF delight and power and gold,
Dissolve into mirage manifold
DO l o'ertake thee, or mistake my prizeS
.Duil shadow OF the evening. gannt and gray,
At random thrown, beyond me. or above,
And memory In the arms Of love-
Have o'erta' en- thee, bat TO cast away
'.No morn, or noon. or eve am /. she said.
1.But night, the depth OF night behind tho sun;
by all mankind pursued, but never won,
Until my shadow falls upon ashsde."
II. ID. BLAcKnoRE in Harper's Magazine.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-19

Col. K, G. walker rrottfng Editor OF
the ''Spirdt Or the Times. n ", and Gent
Rufus' ingalls,. Quartermnster General Y.
8 A.. both ro,ommend 81. Jacobs Oil a.
without equat A. hesss remedy" frice
Atty cents.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-19

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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-19

One Of every ave We meet has some form OF Heart
Disease and is in constant danger Of sudden death.
DR. Kilmer's ocsAS-wxED HEART REaEpy regu-
hates, corec,s and cures.
Price o. .oo--6 bottles $500
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-19

An eastern. journal estimates the pres
emit population OF tho United states &C
nearly sirty-two inAlions.